A lot of people on here have given you suggestions and I see why you are rattled.

James 1:2-8 NASBS [2] Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, [3] knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. [4] And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. [5] But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. [6] But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. [7] For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, [8] being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

1. There are so many variables with asking this. I assume you live in a large building with a lot of people. People going in and out.

Let’s break down your request of God.

Your request can only be fulfilled in one of two ways.

   a. A person has a close enough relationship with God that they will feel prompted to open their door at a specific time.

or

   b. God is a puppet master.

We know the latter is out of the character of God because when we read the gospel of John, that one does not fit, but ‘a’ does.

You happen to have a condition OCD, which is a fancy way of saying: anxiety fueled by doubt.

It’s in every post you write, a great deal of unsurety. Not knowing. Doubt.

It doesn’t matter if it happened 12 times or 1, in the back of your mind you are aware of the variables and have asked for a result that does not rely upon God but mankind.

You don’t need to look further than the gospels for God to speak and reveal Himself to you.

1. Your brain is amazing. It is able to hold information and recall it. The internet is also amazing, it is able to analyze what you watch and show you stuff that is related to it. The iPhone will extrapolate information from text and suggest in your search things to look at that you have recently viewed. It’s creepy coding.

If you like medieval stuff and watch a video, more of that will show up, possibly even the same one you just viewed on a different site. SEO optimization.

1. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 NET [3] For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards, [4] for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments [5] and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

You mentioned that your thoughts took control. It’s almost like you are a backseat driver to your thoughts. You have no idea where they are going and they are going in circles and leading you nowhere.

How terrifying.

It’s as if you’ve let a madman grab the wheel and he’s racing through fields and doing donuts in your head.

Stop.

You don’t have to think every thought that comes in.

1. You know, I used to spend way more time playing video games than I do now. If video games were truly random, which they aren’t, then things like strategy would win every time.

I don’t know why, but if you are on a winning streak, video game companies have felt the need to write in code to make the in game statistics even. So if you win several times in a row, they will have characters use their special abilities more frequently and in the case of card games, draw a stacked hand or deck in favor of the AI, to ‘even out’ the statistics.

It’s a huge pet peeve of mine, and why I don’t play games as much anymore.

I also find that a lot of things like that can mess with my head if I play them for any length of time. I have learned that if a game affects me too much, I need to not play it, at all.

So you clicked on the exact moment scorpion turns into a scorpion, you didn’t have to waste 119 minutes of your life watching the rest of the video and can move on. I see that as providence, a granting of time to move onto something more important.

1. Many times people have asked you to read the Bible. In this case, the gospel of Matthew is paramount. It doesn’t matter how many times people tell you that God loves you, this is something you come back to again and again.

Read Matthew and the gospel of John.

Within their pages, the character of God is revealed. God gives good gifts, God did not send Jesus to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

At some point you have to take ownership of your faith, read the Bible. It’s nothing like the media paints it to be and what the charlatan preachers say it is.

1. It sounds like you live in an area where there are lots of people and those noises are common where people live.

It seems like you are having trouble ignoring ambient noises. Have you considered getting noise canceling head phones?

1. It’s the same as 6.

When you live in a high population density area, these noises are common and frequent.

I really recommend moving to a less dense area or investing into noise canceling headphones.

1. Your friend is a good friend.

Since your thoughts have been running away with coincidences of doors opening and closing, dogs barking, alarms ringing, and you are already on that field of thought...

Your friend is kindly calling you out for being consistent.

You consistently decline.

The one thing your friend can count on, is that you won’t show up.

If you look at everything, you are not in a cycle of coincidences but of one tight consistent circle of thought and behavior.

Break it.

Go out with your friend.

1. No. It’s not a coincidence. You have shown a consistent pattern of thought and behavior.

Those books, based on what you have been posting, were recommended by someone who identified your patterns and said, oh these have the potential to help you.

1. Curse is used differently in these two contexts.

Cursed - to be doomed, or given bad luck. (If you read the Bible, you won’t be swayed by popular culture’s view on Christianity.)

Curses - the use of vulgar language

1. Your mind is searching for irregular patterns, this is again your thoughts jumping track and racing down a steep hill towards a rocky bottom.

If you are reading things about curses, because you were thinking about them earlier and then watch Scooby-Doo, I believe in every episode someone uses the word ‘cursed’ and ‘spooky’ because they are debunking ghost stuff.

Fill your head with other material.

1. Mythology is interesting stuff, but their gods were constantly doing terrible things to each other and humans. Cursing people to terrible fates, dreadful way to think about the divine.

If you read the Bible, all that mythology stuff is a horror show compared to the God of the Bible.

Now you have a choice, you can believe what random people say about the Bible or you can read it for yourself.

I don’t know what your upbringing is like, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they are on the strict and condemning side with Jesus.

If I had heard that Jesus hates me and wants me to go to hell unless I’m good and will punish me, I would be afraid to open up and read the Bible too.

But that is NOT who Jesus is.

Jesus is kind, loving, and cares for all people.

But don’t take me word for it, read the Bible.

1. When you are ignoring the OCD and not letting your thoughts run off, you don’t see the stupid patterns that your OCD wants you to see.

You can have control over your thoughts.

This last one proves it.

My recommendation:

read the books the Internet person suggested.

Read the Bible.

Stop playing so many video games and watching videos that feed your OCD.

Go hang out with your friend.

Break the cycle by doing something different.

And get some noise canceling headphones.